Where does “muuttumisleikki” come from?

muuttumisleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuttuminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

muuttumisleikki (Finnish): makeover game, pretend play

Definitions

  1. makeover game, pretend play

Ancestry of “muuttumisleikki”, step by step

muuttumisleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuttuminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttuminenchange, changing; Fourth infinitive of muuttua
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma
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